Tax Senior

Position Summary

Deloitte Tax LLP seeks a Tax Senior in Houston, Texas

Work You'll Do

Help client management understand, plan for, and deal with the complex and dynamic issues surrounding transfer pricing. Work with economists, attorneys, and tax specialists to analyze and resolve international tax and finance issues faced by multinational corporations. Provide assistance for multiple tax engagements, as well as provide multinational clients with professional economic analytical services. Research complex tax issues and ensure their resolution with the support of subordinate professional accountants. Provide analysis of client companies and industry trends in order to respond to client needs, and so as to provide clients with professional economic analytical services. Assist with overseeing the preparation and review of complex tax returns, financial statements and transfer pricing reports. Formulate tax planning strategies utilizing accounting methods and periods, capital transactions, corporate taxation, and IRS practice and procedures. Assist with determining the potential impact of such developments on client business. Devise and execute database searches for companies in the U.S. and foreign markets. Responsible for incorporating financial information into a standard financial model and conducting economic, financial and accounting analysis. Draft proposals, reports, document requests and other correspondence related to business engagements. Prepare charts, reports and presentations. Review and analyze financial statements and transfer pricing reports, utilizing sophisticated software to devise and perform vital industry research and financial analyses. Will commute within the Houston, TX area to consult with clients concerning the above job duties.

• Bachelor's (or higher) degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Law, Business Administration or related field (willing to accept foreign equivalent).
• Eighteen (18) months of experience as Tax Senior or related occupation gaining experience preparing transfer pricing reports, documenting intercompany transactions for various multinational companies.
• Experience must include eighteen (18) months of:
  • reviewing technical aspects of the regulatory framework of transfer pricing documentation and consulting work;
  • analyzing U.S. intangibles and cost-sharing regulations and their OECD counterparts;
  • drafting transfer pricing reports for Advance Pricing Agreements, Business Model Optimization, and global tax compliance in accordance with IRC 482, IRC 6662, and OECD guidelines;
  • utilizing tax research tools, transfer pricing databases, including Compustat, Bureau van Dijk (Osiris and Amadeus), RoyaltyStat, S&P Capital IQ, Thomson Reuter's ONESOURCE, and Bloomberg Terminal, and statistical software, including MS Excel programs, designed to conduct transfer pricing analysis;
  • applying regulatory principles and guidelines under OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), preparing country-by-country reports, functional modules, Masterfile to document client's global business structure, and the functional and risk related information;
  • assisting with transfer pricing audits by tax authorities and reviewing workpapers and memos;
  • utilizing various economic modeling methods, including discounted cash flow, realistic alternatives, income, residual profits, services costs, and other relevant methods as described in the U.S. transfer pricing regulations under IRC 482 and their OECD counterparts, to perform valuation of intangible/tangible assets in the context of transfer pricing;
  • assisting with performing strategic transfer pricing planning, service cost allocation, audit defense, and advance pricing agreement submissions to tax authorities; and
  • working with remotely located personnel, and performing activities including assigning tasks, performing quality control, reviewing projects, and conducting comparable controlled transaction analyses.
• Less than 10% domestic travel required outside of normal commuting distance.